Partial truce between PBS and Star achieved
Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) has agreed to cease its campaign for the Tambunan and Bingkor seats, paving the way for Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (Star) to defend these two seats it won in 2018.
The agreement was reached following a meeting presided over by Perikatan Nasional secretary-general Hamzah Zainuddin. Tambunan is the birthplace of PBS.
In return, Star will, according to its president Jeffrey Kitingan, ensure that independent candidates Pransol Tiying and Marcel Jude support the PBS candidates for the Bengkoka and Api-Api seats respectively.
Kitingan said that the two independent candidates were endorsed by Star.
Under Section 9 of the Elections (Conduct of Elections) Regulations 1981, a candidate can only withdraw for an election by 10am on nomination day.
This means that logos and names of the candidates who "withdraw" after that day from the race will still appear on the respective ballot slips.
On nomination day, there were 17 seats in which parties from BN-PN-PBS alliance found themselves facing each other in the state elections due this Saturday.
According to Hamzah, the three political entities are still working on resolving disputes involving the 15 other seats.
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